plait

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ple:t/ or /plæt/
    Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology

From Old French pleit, from Latin plecto, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian сплетать.

[edit] Noun

Singular
plait

Plural
plaits

plait (plural plaits)

  1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
  2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to plait

Third person singular
plaits

Simple past
plaited

Past participle
plaited

Present participle
plaiting

to plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited)

  1. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  2. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

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